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nal dragons to become mute and powerless to spread their
false doctrines among the faithful, and that, as long as
She was to live upon earth, none of them presume to
deceive mortals by their heretical tenets and doctrines.
And so it
happened; for although the demon, in his
wrath and vengeance, had intended to pour out this poison
in the Church, the Lord, for the sake of his love of the
heavenly Mother, hindered it
during her lifetime. After
her glorious Transition, permission was given to the
demon to spread his heresies because the sins of men
subjected them to the just judgments of the Lord.
523. Thereupon, (as saint John says), the great drag
on, the ancient serpent called satan and devil, was cast
forth and with his demons banished from the presence
of the Queen. Their chains were lengthened and they
fell upon the earth, where they were permitted to re
main. The voice of the archangel was heard in the
Cenacle, saying:
"Now is come the salvation, and the
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power
of Christ; because the accuser of our brethren is cast
forth, who accused them before our God day and night.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and
by the word of the testimony, and they loved not their
lives unto death. Therefore rejoice, O heaven, and you
that dwell therein.
Woe to the earth and to the sea, be
cause the devil is come down unto you, having great
wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time"
(Apoc.
12, 10). By these words the angel proclaimed, that in
virtue of the victories and triumphs of the most blessed
Mary, united to those of her Son and Savior, the reign
of God, his Church, and the effects of the Redemption
of man were assured to the just. All this he called the
salvation, the strength and power of Christ. And as,
without doubt, if the most blessed Mother had not over-
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